Comments on: Taking the rose tinted glasses off in Malaysia

By: Finding sanctuary in a Malaysian cave « CAFFEINATED TRAVELLER

Finding sanctuary in a Malaysian cave « CAFFEINATED TRAVELLER — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:22:45 +0000

[...] an earlier post “Taking the Rose tinted Glasses off in Malaysia” I wrote about the black and white reality of one of Malaysia’s smaller cities-Ipoh. It may [...]

By: Cate

Cate — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:49:38 +0000

Thanks Erica, I think you paid me that compliment some time back, but I’m greedy and will take the compliment again. The idea of writing professionally is there with me at all times, just haven’t found any spare time to carry it out at the moment. But I plan on changing withing the next few months.

By: Erica Johansson

Erica Johansson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:50:30 +0000

Interesting post. It just hit me how well you write. Are you doing any professional travel writing on the side?

By: Cate

Cate — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:24:31 +0000

Vaish – thanks for your piece of information. Please take some time out and look at my other posts on Malaysia to see whether you share a smiliar view as me.
White coffee was high on my list for Ipoh. Yes I tried it, and to be frank, it wasn’t worth writing a negative comment about it; taste and look. If you took some time to read about me and my caffeine posts, you will see that I write about good coffee, tea (Cameron Highlands) etc. Which is why I don’t blog about instant coffee or drinks from Starbucks. Now if you have a had a great experience with white coffee please pass it on including photos and I will gladly post this on my site.I always welcome positive advice and tips

Bear – I agree with cost of restoration. I saw smiliar problems with towns in Florida after hurricanes wrecked havoc on them. I think guidebooks have warned about the taxis in Ipoh. From my experience these were more likely to fleece you than in other areas.

By: Bear

Bear — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:07:44 +0000

A nice post because it is informatve and contemplative, thank you. I’ve been to many ex-mining towns. They thrived until the lode ran out or became uneconomical to continue operations. Those that didn’t turn into ghost towns survived because of a niche — tourism, arts and crafts, scenic locations for a vacation home are a few examples. Since Ipoh has the colonial architecture they may be blessed and cursed. It’s attractive but expensive to restore. But without restorations or developing another economic base Ipoh may languish I’m afraid. It’s too bad about the dodgey taxi rates — that will keep most outsiders away as well. Still, the colonial architecture is becoming less and less available so Ipoh has possibilities I would think.